Puritanism Puritan Beliefs Humanity damned for all eternity
Puritanism
Puritan Beliefs • Humanity damned for all eternity • Only certain people (the “elect”) could be saved • Did not know if they were one of the saved (the “elect”) or one of the damned (the “unregenerate”)
• Bible was the literal word of God • God’s grace was obvious by outward behavior • Valued- self-reliance, industriousness, temperance, and simplicity
Puritan Writing u Diaries, u Favored histories, & sermons Plain Style- a way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression.
Poetry Terms u Diction- writer’s choice of words. u Repetition-repeating of a word or phrases to create a specific effect. u Rhyme Scheme- pattern of end rhyme in a poem. Example: In silent night when rest I took For sorrow near I did not look I wakened was with thund’ring noise And piteous shrieks of dreadful voice. Rhyme Scheme: aabb
u Rhythm- rise & fall of voice produced by the alternation of stresses and unstressed syllables u Assonance- repetition of similar vowel sounds. Example: The tide rises, the tide falls u Alliteration-repetition of beginning consonant sounds Example: Sally sold sandwiches at the sea shore u Couplet-Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry
u Simile-a figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as: like, as, than, or resembles. Metaphor-a figure of speech, comparison between two unlike things without using specific words like, as, than, and resembles. Types: Implied metaphor -does not state explicitly- “I like to see it lap the Miles” Extended Metaphor- a metaphor that is extended or developed throughout a poem, stanza, paragraph, or story. Dead Metaphor- a metaphor that has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid- “The head of the house” Mixed Metaphor- a metaphor that has gotten out of control and mixes its terms so that the images are incompatible. “The president is a lame duck who is running out of gas. ”
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